Guilin doesn't seem to be as good as I thought. Why is it said to be "the best in the world"?

I agree with "lxl711"'s view: "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world" rather than "Guilin's city is the best in the world". We should not confuse this with the same. When you go to Guilin, you should go to see the landscape, not go shopping. In that case, you might as well go to Hong Kong, or Nanning in Guangxi. And I think if Guilin is really built into a modern city, many people may think that Guilin is further away from the Guilin we imagined. Of course, I don’t mean that Guilin’s true character is that it is shabby, but when people see Guilin’s landscape, their first reaction should be that it is Chinese landscape painting, so the antique style is more in line with people’s subjective requirements.

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I think the following information can answer why everyone says "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world":

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The poem "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world" was found to be from Wang Zhenggong from the Song Dynasty

Reporter Chen Tianhu

Xinhuanet, Guilin, November 20th The poem "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world" has been an immortal saying commenting on Guilin's landscape for 800 years, but this sentence Whose words it came from is undecided. At the "Guilin Landscapes are the Best in the World" poetry seminar held today, Chinese poetry and cultural experts unanimously determined that this line comes from the poetry of Wang Zhenggong of the Southern Song Dynasty.

According to a person from the Guilin Museum, the famous saying "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world" has been debated endlessly in academic circles from the late Qing Dynasty to the 1980s. Some say that it originated from a change of one tone in Li Zengbo's poem "Guilin's mountains and rivers are the best in the world" in the late Song Dynasty, while others say that it comes from the words in Jin Wuxiang's poems in the Qing Dynasty.

In the mid-1980s, cultural relics workers in Guilin conducted a comprehensive investigation and cleanup of the Duxiu Peak Stone Carvings and discovered a cliff stone carving that had never been known to anyone since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was engraved word for word. The words "Guilin's landscapes are the best in the world" were written by Wang Zhenggong, a native of Siming (today's Ningbo, Zhejiang) who served as a prisoner in Guangxi during the Qingyuan and Jiatai years of the Southern Song Dynasty and acted as the prefect of Jingjiang. This ended a century of endless debate.

At that time, this conclusion was only spread among the cultural relic workers and cultural celebrities in Guilin. It was not until the end of the last century that it spread among Guilin's tourism industry, political circles and other relevant departments.

Hong Benjian, a professor at the Chinese Department of East China Normal University, said that Wang Zhenggong’s poems and beautiful places highlighted Guilin’s green mountains, beautiful waters, strange caves and beautiful rocks, establishing Guilin as a scenic tourist city in China and even internationally. status.

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Guilin’s landscape is the best in the world CCTV International October 29, 2004 16:01< /p>

Saying that “Guilin’s landscape is the best in the world” always seems to imply a sense of arrogance. But this is not a self-proclaimed name by Guangxi people, and they have been following this saying for a long time, so they still use it to praise Guilin.

Guilin is named after "the forest of jade osmanthus". When the autumn breeze brings coolness every year, the city is full of sweet-scented osmanthus in full bloom. Guilin is located in the subtropical zone with a mild climate, with an average annual temperature of about 19 degrees Celsius. It is a typical karst landform. According to geological research, about 300 million years ago, the Guilin area was originally a sea. Due to crustal movement, the limestone deposited in the sea rose into land. After being weathered and dissolved, it formed the fairy-like peaks. Forests, deep and magnificent caves and mysterious underground rivers. These special landforms are integrated with the beautiful Li River and the surrounding lush and lovely pastoral scenery, forming the Guilin landscape famous for its "green mountains, beautiful waters, strange caves and beautiful rocks".

Personally speaking, Guilin in mist and rain is the most beautiful. The mountains in Guilin are delicate and not high. You can climb slowly with an umbrella in the rain and watch the green mountains become greener in the rain and more beautiful in the clouds and mist. The raindrops dripping or raindrops splash on the quiet Lijiang River, creating circles. The ripples and layers of water mist make it feel like eating Guilin rice noodles, with endless aftertaste. Alternatively, walking along the Li River in the drizzle and appreciating the human touch of Guilin is also a good enjoyment.

Generally, Guilin tourism introductions will not recommend Jingjiang Imperial City first, but I was studying here and often visited around it, so I will introduce the Imperial City first. It was a royal city built when Zhu Shouqian, the grandnephew of Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was granted the title of King of Jingjiang. It is now the site of the headquarters of Guangxi Normal University. Of the old belongings of the palace, only the carved railings in front of the Chengyun Hall and the "Yunjie Jade Majesty" remain. There is a saying that "Zhongshan is the most ruthless, and it is only leisure to read all the kings and grandsons." Duxiu Peak stands in the royal city. On the mountain there are Xuanwu Pavilion, Guanyin Hall, Sanke Temple, Sanshen Sacrifice, etc., and at the foot of the mountain there are Crescent Pond, Reading Rock and other scenic spots. Duxiu Peak is named after the poet Yan Yanzhi in the Liu and Song Dynasties of the Southern Dynasty (Shudu Rock is the place where he often read and wrote poems when he was the prefect). It is named after the poem "If you are not as unique as the one who is alone, you will be in the E'e Yong Bar Room". It rises from the ground and stands majestically independent. , known as the "One Pillar in the South". Stop at the top of the mountain and look around, taking in the beauty of the whole city.

I heard in the past that buildings in Guilin cannot be higher than Duxiu Peak, but I don’t know if that’s still the case now. The famous saying "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world" was proposed by Wang Zhenggong, who served as the prisoner of Guilin in 790, at the Luming Banquet and was engraved on the stone wall of Duxiu Peak. The Crescent Pond at the foot of the mountain is shaped like a crescent moon, with a few willow trees leaning on it, but it is hard to see its former glory. I remember when I first entered college, I watched the school history documentary. The caption in it said: "The water in Crescent Pool is so clear..." which caused a burst of tacit laughter; while the classmates in the branch always laughed at how we could live in such a dirty place. Eat by the pool, and welcome Chinese and foreign tourists with a bold smile. There is "Sanyuan and Difang" on the Zhengyang Gate of the Royal City. It was the "Sanyuan" in Lianyuan when Ruan Yuan was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty (that is, the first place in the provincial "rural examination", "Jieyuan", and the first place in the national "common examination". It was established by Chen Jichang, who was named "Huiyuan" (abbreviation of "Zhuangyuan" who came first in the "Palace Examination" personally presided over by the emperor); Donghua Gate is the "Zhuangyuan and Difang", the original fang was built in the 21st year of Daoguang (1841) It was built by Long Qirui, the new champion scholar, and was included in the reconstruction by Zhao Guanwen, Chen Jichang, Zhang Jianxun and Liu Fuyao; Xihua Gate was the "second and third square" and was built by Yu Jianzhang in the fourth year of Tongzhi (1865).

Not long after walking north from the back door of Normal University, you will find Diecai Mountain, which is known as the best place to see the panoramic view of Guilin. Yuan Hui, the nephew of the poet Yuan Zhen of the Tang Dynasty, wrote after visiting the mountain: "According to the Illustrated Book, the mountain is covered with stone inscriptions, alternately colorful and green, so it is named after it." The right corner of the Diecai Pavilion built by Qin Huan of the Qing Dynasty is a The best angle for "stacked colors". This pavilion has a couplet inscribed by Wang Li: "Crossing the five ridges, you are close to the crescent moon and the beautiful water and the flower bridge compete with the autumn colors. Next to the seven stars are the trunks of the elephants, and the green mountains take up the spring scenery." There is a cliff inscription on the stone wall in the west of the pavilion, "Where the rivers and mountains meet". There is an inscription by Chen Yi at the entrance of the Diecai Cave: "I would like to be a Guilin person, but I don't want to be a god." The wind tunnel has constant winds all year round, and is known as the "cool world". Mingyue Peak, the main peak of Diecai Mountain, is famous for its high, dangerous, precipitous and beautiful features. Nayunting Pavilion on its top is the best place to have a bird's eye view of the city.

Go east from the back gate of Normal University to Fubo Mountain. Fubo Mountain is named because it is half pillowed on the land and half inserted into the river. It may be said that Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty sent General Fubo Ma Yuan to send troops to Jiaozhi. When Ma Yuan returned to the army, along the way, "the counties and counties were used to manage the city and run irrigation canals to benefit the people." "The people remember him as the name of the mountain. There are Tingtao Pavilion, Banshan Pavilion, Huanzhu Cave, Sword Testing Stone (hanging from the top of the cave, only an inch from the ground, it is a strange stone hanging off the ground, it is said that it was caused by Ma Yuan's sword test), Mi Fu Self-portrait (Mi Fu was one of the four great calligraphers in the Northern Song Dynasty and once served as the Lingui County Lieutenant. This portrait is carved on the stone wall of Huanzhu Cave. It is 1.2 meters high and 50 centimeters wide. Mi Fu in the painting has a chic and lifelike style, and there is a portrait of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty. Like, there are famous places such as the postscript of Mi Fu's son Mi Youren on the right, as well as a "Thousand People Pot" weighing more than 1,000 kilograms (can cook 300 kilograms of rice at a time to feed a thousand people) and weighing more than 2,700 kilograms. The big bell (made by the daughter of Kong Youde, the southern king of Qing Dynasty, in memory of her father). Compared with Diecai Mountain, we prefer Fubo Mountain. The mountains in Guilin can create the most beautiful effect only when they are connected with water; moreover, sitting by the Lijiang River at the foot of Fubo Mountain, reading a book, looking at the water, and chatting, the feeling of comfort can be described as "the beauty is hard to tell you."

Across the river from Fubo Mountain is the Lijiang Folk Customs Park. It is a man-made landscape. If you want to learn about the local customs and customs, you can go in and take a look. Not far to the south of Fengqing Garden is the famous Seven Star Park. Qixing Park is named because the seven peaks of Qixing Mountain resemble the Big Dipper falling from the sky to the ground. There are scenic spots such as "Big Dipper", "Humpback Chixia", "Crescent Rainbow Shadow", "Putuo Stone Forest", Qixing Rock, Longyin Cave, Crescent Rock, the tombs of the three generals and eight hundred warriors, and Luotuo Mountain (resembling a dromedary camel lying on the ground, and also like an ancient wine pot, so it is called Jiuhu Mountain. Peach blossoms were once planted all over the place, and the flowers bloomed like a patch of red clouds. It is called "Humpback Red Cloud". In July 1998, US President Clinton visited Guilin and delivered an environmental protection speech at the foot of the mountain). . The flower bridge is beautiful in shape, with shimmering waves, and the bridge holes and reflections are round and bright, just like four full moons leaping out of the river. This is the meaning of the "rainbow shadow of the flower bridge"), Guihai Forest of Steles (in and near Longyin Cave). Inside Yinyan Rock, there are hundreds of stone carvings since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the most famous of which is the "Yuanyou Party Registration Monument") and other scenic spots, which are a must-see for tourists.

From Fubo Mountain, walk south along the Li River for about 20 minutes to reach Elephant Trunk Mountain. It stands quietly by the Lijiang River, its long nose extending into the river as if it is sucking water from the river. For many years it has been regarded as the symbol of Guilin City and the representative of Guilin's landscape. "The elephant's trunk is clear to drink from the Jade River, and the west wind absorbs the water and responds to the waves. The green mountains are naturally rare, and I can't get enough of them in a hundred days." There is something piercing the air between the elephant's trunk and its legs. The tall and bright cave is called Shuiyue Cave. Or Chaoyang Cave. Xu Xiake described in his travel notes: "The flying cliff spans from the top of the mountain to the middle stream in the north, and the city gate is high in the east and west. The Yangjiang River comes from the south of the city, flows through and joins Li. The sky above is as bright as the moon, and the bottom is full of ying waves inside and outside, 'like a landscape. 'It's called this. Whenever the moon is bright and the breeze is clear, the reflection in the Moon Cave is like a bright moon floating on the river. Two full moons coexist in the river, and there is a bright moon on the bottom of the water, and a bright moon floating on the water. "If you don't go, the moon will go and the water will still flow." There are more than 50 cliff stone carvings in the cave, including Zhang Xiaoxiang's "Chaoyang Pavilion Poems and Preface" and Fan Chengda's "Fu Shui Yue Cave Inscription". In addition, Elephant Trunk Mountain, Chuanshan Mountain and Tashan Mountain are distributed on both sides of the Lijiang River. The mountain shape, tower shadow and open cave form a beautiful "three mountains" scenery; Chuanshan Moon Rock and Elephant Trunk Mountain Water Moon Cave are far and near, with one hanging in the sky and the other floating in the water. Presenting the wonder of "Double Moon on the Li River".

Reed Flute Cave, located in the northwest suburbs of Guilin, is a comprehensive collection of Guilin caves. It can be said that after seeing Reed Flute Cave, you can ignore other caves.

The cave is 240 meters deep and the journey is about 500 meters. There are a large number of colorful, exquisite and lifelike stalagmites, stalactites, stone pillars, stone curtains, stone flowers, etc. in the cave, which constitute the Shiling Zhaoxia, Hongluo Baozhang, Panlong Pagoda, primeval forest, Crystal Palace, Huaguo Mountain, Youhuo Mountain, etc. Landscapes such as the scenery listening to the flute and the lions seeing off guests are known as nature's palace of art. Although there are artificial imaginations and designs, most of them come from the natural carvings of nature, created by heaven and earth, natural and artistic. In front of the dazzling array of various, exquisite and unreal, magnificent and majestic scenic spots, one has to sigh at the magic of nature. Wandering around among the gaps between the numerous stone pillars and illuminated by colored lights, it feels like being in a fairyland, dreamlike and fantastic. It took a long time when we first went in. Because I don’t want to rush around with other tourists, I often wait for the next group of tourists at each scenic spot, quietly watch enough, and then go back and exit from the entrance.

Guilin has built many new construction projects in recent years. Most people think it has become more beautiful and is indeed in line with the so-called international tourist city. But I privately think that it has lost a lot of the original tranquility and distant charm of the landscape city, and has added many utilitarian things... Maybe this is also the price of progress. It is original on the Internet and is strictly prohibited from reproduction. If you have any needs, please contact the author or CCTV.com (ng@mail.cctv.com).

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Background news: What are the best tourist attractions in Guilin

As an international tourist city and a national historical and cultural city, Guilin has peerless natural landscapes and colorful history and culture. Nature and ancestors have created many miracles for Guilin tourism. In recent years, in the process of shaping a new image centered on urban construction, Guilin has created a number of tourism achievements in the world and China, which are recorded in the special edition.

——The landscape represented by the Li River can be called the most beautiful natural landscape in the world. 801 years ago, the ancient Wang Zhenggong said: "Guilin's landscape is unparalleled in the world." Former U.S. President Richard Nixon said: "No country or region is as beautiful as Guilin. Guilin is a pearl in the land of China." Former U.S. President Clinton said: " "Guilin's landscape reminds me of Chinese painting." Former Italian President Andretti said: "Guilin's landscape should be listed as the eighth wonder of the world!"

Guilin "The city is in the scenery, and the scenery is in the city." , can be called the largest landscape bonsai city in China.

——The Ling Canal was built in the period of Qin Shihuang and has a history of 2,100 years. It is one of the oldest water conservancy projects in the world and the oldest military waterway in the world. It has the title of "Ling Canal in the South". , there is a saying that there is a Great Wall in the north.

——It has the largest number and most complete types of cliff carvings in the world, which record the praises of ancient literati and poets about Guilin’s landscape. On Parrot Mountain in the north of Guilin, there is the world's most complete military city defense map discovered so far. "Looking at mountains is like viewing paintings, traveling around mountains is like reading history" refers to the cliff carvings.

——It has the most complete Ming Dynasty vassal palace in China - Jingjiang Palace.

——The "Two Rivers and Four Lakes" project is the most complete retro water conservancy landscape around the city in the world. It is completely designed and constructed in accordance with the ancient waterways of Guilin 800 years ago. Industry authorities believe that this scene is even more spectacular than the world-famous water city of Venice.

——The Sun and Moon Twin Towers located at Rongshan Lake in the city have set three world records, namely the world's tallest copper tower, the world's tallest copper building, and the world's tallest underwater tower.

——The glass bridge is the first practical bridge in the world to adopt a special crystal glass load-bearing system.

——Taiwanese businessmen spent 1.2 billion yuan to build Lemandi Leisure World, which is known as China Disneyland.

——Guilin Xiongsen Xionghu Villa has four endangered tiger species in the world, including more than 230 tigers, more than 300 black bears, and more than 100 lions. It is the world's largest black bear and tiger scientific research, breeding, and rewilding , viewing base.

——The "Foolish Paradise" invested by Taiwanese businessmen is currently the world's largest modern sculpture art palace.

——The "Jiutian Galaxy Waterfall" located in the central square of Guilin is currently the largest man-made waterfall in the world.

——The first city in the country to open free public toilets, and a rare free bus city in the world.

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